Glory, Glory Leeds United

This version of this song is approximately 40 years old, but how old is the original tune?

We have seen different discographies saying that this single, produced by Walter J. Ridley,
was published on the EMI Publishing label in 1968. However, our opinion is that they are wrong,
and that the record was released before the FA cup-final in 1970, to celebrate that Leeds had reached
the FA Cup final (as you will remember, our heroes were once again the runners up...).

This is the A-side of the single, the flip-side of which is the track "We Shall Not Be Moved".
A lot of football supporters, especially Manchester United ones,
claim that Leeds have stolen this song from them. Although it may be stolen (this was originally an old gospel
or negro spiritual song, and is known to many as "John Brown's Body"), this piece of plastic is evidence of
how long ago the Leeds United supporters started to sing it - the song was fast adopted by the Kop at Elland Road.

Once again Ronnie Hilton was employed, and his lyrics give a glimpse of the times back then.
Days when Mike Summerbee and George Best were the darlings of their teams, and the Scratching
Shed (now the South Stand) still stood at Elland Road. Leeds' first two major trophy wins also get
a mention - 1968's League Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now the UEFA Cup) wins.

Together with Ronnie Hilton of course Billy Bremner and the rest of the team from 1970 sung their hearts out!